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The Pirate **** (1948, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 2510

Director Vincente Minnelli’s sophisticated and colourful 1948 Technicolor musical is lots of fun and a real charmer. It’s a sparkling showcase for the splendid team of Gene Kelly and Judy Garland, in the second of […]

May, 23

Fame ***** (1980, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Gene Anthony Ray) – Classic Movie Review 2461

Director Alan Parker’s stupendous double-Oscar-winning 1980 musical-drama film Fame spawned the popular 1980s TV series and spin-off, a stage show that has played all over the world since 1988 when it premiered at the Coconut Playhouse […]

May, 07

The Big Store *** (1941, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Margaret Dumont, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille) – Classic Movie Review 2402

This Marx Brothers’ fifth and last film for MGM may possibly also be the least, but there are plenty of pleasures stocked up in this crazy comedy based on a story by Sgt Bilko’s creator, […]

Apr, 17

Love Affair ***** (1939, Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya) – Classic Movie Review 2327

Director Leo McCarey’s heart-stoppingly gorgeous 1939 romance stars Charles Boyer as the rich, suave Gallic charmer French playboy Michel Marnet and Irene Dunne as the Big Apple lady Terry McKay he meets aboard an ocean liner […]

Mar, 29

Love Me or Leave Me ***** (1955, Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2211

Director Charles Vidor’s 1955 musical drama Love Me or Leave Me is a brilliantly spirited, acidic-flavoured, fictionalised biopic of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting. Her fraught life, tricky career and tempestuous relationship with […]

Feb, 24

King Creole **** (1958, Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dean Jagger, Dolores Hart, Vic Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 2198

Just a couple or so of times, Elvis Presley had great film directors to work for and here he is in his third film, which is perhaps his best movie, working with the legendary Oscar-winning […]

Feb, 22

State Fair ** (1962, Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Tom Ewell, Alice Faye, Ann-Margret) – Classic Movie Review 2197

Remaking the 1933 and 1945 movies, director José Ferrer’s 1962 musical proves third time not so lucky as a film version of Philip Strong’s novel because there’s far too little zest or style up there […]

Feb, 21

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